Two of the Keystone State’s finest MCs put on for their home state with their latest collab. Free and Statik’s StatikFree EP is now available on ShowOffHipHop and will be on iTunes at the stroke of midnight.

Karen Civil hosted Lil B’s Angels Exodus listening party last night at Velour Lounge in NYC. The project will be released digitally next Tuesday (Jan 18) through Amalgam Digital. The following week, he plans to drop his next offering, Glassface. Before letting the music rip, here’s what he had to say.

Tony Touch and Al Lindstrom compile 25 of the best Toca Tuesdays freestyles from last year for this new mixtape. Most of them you can watch here on this very site. Anyway, download and tracklist after the jump.

After months of speculation, Shady Records have finally signed Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf. The union is immortalized on the cover of the March issue of XXL, which goes on sale February 8th. Below, Eminem discusses the new signees. “Yelawolf and Slaughterhouse, it’s kinda phase two of Shady,” says Eminem. “It’s the new generation of Shady Records and as we’re trying to rebuild our label, it’s exciting for hip-hop and with all of these forces coming together and with what everybody’s capable […]

Talib lifts the Beastie Boys’ “The New Style” for this cut off his upcoming album, Gutter Rainbows. Pick up one or two on January 25th.

[vodpod id=Video.5320049&w=425&h=350&fv=] B.Dot continues his discussion on Women in Hip-Hop with Dee Vazquez, and weighs in on the ongoing feud between Nicki and Lil’ Kim while Rah Digga shares her thoughts on mainstream success.

Not only is Asher working on his next album The Spaghetti Tree, but he’s also been in the stu with Chris Breezy for his upcoming project, F.A.M.E. Should be interesting to hear how that track pans out.

You know this rap shit fake! Ha! Maino takes off his belt and gives Eric and Jeff a good ol’ fashioned ass whoopin. In case you’re wondering, the skit is inspired by the video below. Funny stuff guys, just ask Rolling Stone.

photo: Asma Knowles Bey’s been on her music break for a minute now, but she’s slowly making her return.  S1, the producer responsible for Kanye’s “Power” was in the lab with the singer last week and their session went longer than expected. Below, he shares what went down via his Twitter page. Me, Beyonce, and Caleb was in the studio last night killing it! Excited about session part 2 today! 2011 Let’s Go!  Got session part 2 with Beyonce today! Excited to see […]

Yup, that’s Nicki behind the mask as she busts her way on the front of V Magazine’s Spring 2011 Discovery issue. Before it hits newsstands this week, peep the rest of the photos after the jump. ru